Evaluation of the Multimodal Strategy for Improvement of Hand Hygiene as Proposed by the World Health Organization.

Autor: Pereira EB; Postgraduation Program in Health Science (Ms Pereira), Medicine Faculty (Drs Jorge and Oliveira, Mr Ribeiro Júnior, and Mr Santos), and Mathematics Faculty, Institute of Biology (Dr Mendes-Rodrigues), Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil., Jorge MT, Oliveira EJ, Júnior AL, Santos LR, Mendes-Rodrigues C
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of nursing care quality [J Nurs Care Qual] 2017 Apr/Jun; Vol. 32 (2), pp. E11-E19.
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000197
Abstrakt: Hand hygiene has the biggest impact and is the least expensive way to prevent and control health care-associated infections. In this study, we assessed the effectiveness of the multimodal strategy of the World Health Organization to improve health care-associated infection rates, hand hygiene compliance, and the related knowledge of health care professionals in a Brazilian university hospital. We observed the necessity for an alternative approach in hospitals with high staff turnover and low attendance of educational sessions.
Databáze: MEDLINE